Posted on 06/23/2004 9:04:01 AM PDT by presidio9
Leech Tags.
Call the darn thing what it is a
United States Government Food Voucher Card
What people do is purchase food using the card, sell the food at a discount rate to someone else, and then use the cash for booze, cigs, whatever.
I grew up in a small town in Maine. There was a community-type aid program funded by the town itself.....handup, not handout, etc etc etc. It was called "going on the town" and there was a huge stigma to it. It was the absolute last resort for a family.
Interestingly enough, there is now a huge Somali population in Lewiston, ME. I believe that they were attracted there by much the same type benefits. Whatever you subsidize, you get more of, now in this age of self-esteem.
she is the EXCEPTION, not the rule...she probably hated it that she had to take the assistance, whereas most people on 'stamps feel like "its owed to them" you know what i mean.
I agree! Whatever happened to shame? Oh, I forgot, that is reserved for us working stiffs.
Report him too! LOL
Did you see my post to you about this?
Reporting Fraud
http://www.state.de.us/dhss/dms/arms/reportfraud.html
Wow, that's ever so catchy.<>How about the "TANSTAAFL Card"?
"End Stigma, Give Food Stamps a New Name?"
How about moocher bucks?
>> Pork Barrel Spending by dumbocRAT party stamp
Isn't this George Bush's government doing this? The senate, house and presidency all belong to the "small government" republicans.
My mom used to work for the place that distributed it. She'd take home the stuff that the welfare people turned down (a little crushed on one end, etc). Unlike the welfare receipients, we couldn't afford to be choosy. Mom always says "No one pickier than people on welfare."
Just out of curiosity, how do 12 million children obtain food stamps? Is the article implying that food stamps are given directly to children?
>>The poor in America will be fed. The issue is how to do it
How about if I spend my money on my food and you spend your money on whatever you want to? Why do you think these people have a right to my income?
Yep, and I am reporting the place. I don't know the cop's name or badge. I will let you know what happens. Not much, I expect.
For them, it is a free lunch.
presidio9 - The hispanic supermarket near my house accepts food stamps for cigarettes.
Xenalyte - You should report that place. That is flat-out illegal.
DumpsterDiver - I would start with either your local police department or city attorney's office. Tell them you need to know who handles fraud of this type.
Good luck to you all. My wife used to be a bank teller and noticed that one Quickie-Mart guy always came in with fistfulls of food stamps - all in sequential order, as if just ripped out of the booklet. She reported it to management, who totalled up the receipts to the tune of $12,000 a month - and reported it to the authorities.
Months later, the food stamps were still coming in, in the same order as before. When the authorities were questioned as to why, they were told the place was "under surveillance". It probably still is to this day.
The big thing with illegal use of food stamps is to sell the booklet at a discount for cash - a win-win for everybody but the taxpayer. These cards might make it a bit harder, but what the agency really needs is to hire one of these scam artists and have him illustrate the way the system can be cheated.
Another can-you-top-this? anecdote. Woman using food stamps tries to buy a can of cat food. Clerk sez she cannot buy pet food. Woman leaves can on counter and returns from the Deli section with a packet of shrimp.
From the article itself:
Food stamps, which help poor people buy groceries, were offered for four years to combat the Great Depression in the 1930s. Paper coupons succeeded the original orange and blue stamps when the program was revived in the 1960s. It became a nationwide program in 1974.
Seem like the liberals were in power for all the years this "give away program" took hold.
But the point is, this is a republican government that is changing the name of the program. No republicans that I know of are saying that it should be eliminated, modified or scaled back. In fact, I would bet that if you looked at the budget over the last three years, the program has probably been expanded.
It will prevent theft and cannot be used in liquor stores or for cigarettes.
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